 One thing that we humans are really bad about is generalizing. Most of the time when we say or hear the word sagebrush, it would be easy to assume that there is only one kind of sagebrush, and nothing could be further from the truth. Here in wonderful Wyoming, we have 13 different kinds of sagebrush. Some are tall, like this basin-big sagebrush that grows in deep, well-drained soils of valley bottoms. Some are small, like this low sagebrush that grows on shallow soils or rocky soils, or maybe wind-swept ridges. Others are medium-sized and can thrive in the hottest, driest spots on up to much cooler and wetter sites at higher elevations. Wherever you go in Wyoming, you are bound to find one or more of our 13 kinds of sagebrush that is well adapted to growing there. You might hear that sagebrush is a sign of overgrazing by domestic livestock. Whoa, buddy, be careful with that one. In some specific locations, livestock grazing may be one factor that has led to an increase in the density of sagebrush plants, but on any general or regional scale, sagebrush still grows where it's been growing for a long time. Sagebrush is well adapted to life here in Wyoming, and those adaptations were in place millions of years before livestock entered the picture. From the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service, I'm Paul Meyman.